Stop with the whoa is us comment. You'r still in 2014 with the OSU pick. Forget that, We are talking advertising $$ and when it comes down to that, we will need to be undefeated to get into the playoffs. We are not the only school not considered one of the chosen elite.
If we win a NC we probably become one. If you don't think that committee is pressured by the ESPN/Disney management when it comes to potential $$, you live in a dream world, An 8 team playoff would greatly ease this situation and a 16 team playoff would eliminate because it would become December madness and ESPN/Disney management would be ecstatic with the potential $$, And no I am not mike Leach.
A TCU-Penn State playoff game wouldn’t generate any less TV advertising income than a Clemson-Penn State playoff game. That’s a fantasy in your head.